Speakers
H.E. Reem Al Hashimy
UAE Minister of State for
International Cooperation
Director General, Expo 2020 Dubai
H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde
President
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete
Chair of the Board of Directors of
Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and
former President of Tanzania
H.E. Patrizio Bianchi
Italian Minister of Education
H.E. Liina Kersna
Estonian Minister of Education and Research
H.E. Shamma bint Suhail bin Faris Al Mazrui
UAE Minister of State for Youth
H.E. Tarek Shawki
Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education
H.E. Colm Brophy TD
Minister of State for
Overseas Development and Diaspora
Ireland
Henrietta H. Fore
Executive Director
UNICEF
Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner
UNHCR
H.E. David Moinina Sengeh
Minister of Basic and
Senior Secondary Education
Chief Innovation Officer
for the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation, Sierra Leone
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown
United Nations Special Envoy for
Global Education and
former Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom
Robert Moritz
Global Chairman
PwC
Alan Jope
Chief Executive Officer
Unilever
Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director and Head of the Centre for the New Economy and Society
World Economic Forum
Andreas Schleicher
Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy, OECD
Dr. Tariq Al Gurg
Chief Executive Officer at Dubai Cares and Vice-Chairman of its Board of Directors
Yasmine Sherif
Director
Education Cannot Wait (ECW)
Fred Swaniker
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
African Leadership Group
H.E. George Kronnisanyon Werner
Former Minister of Education
Liberia
Stefania Giannini
Assistant Director-General for Education
UNESCO
Mamta Murthi
Vice President, Human Development,
World Bank
Jaime Saavedra
Global Director
Education, World Bank Group
H.E. Dr. Saeed Musabeh AlKaabi
Chairman
Sharjah Education Council
Sherrie Westin
President
Sesame Workshop
Justin van Fleet
President
Theirworld
Koumba Boly Barry
U.N. Special Rapporteur
on the right to education
H.E. Dr. Khawla al Mulla
Secretary-General
Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA)
Boris Bulayev
Chief Executive Officer &
Co-Founder Educate!
Caitlin Baron
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Luminos Fund
Geetha Murali
Chief Executive Officer
Room to Read
Girish Menon
Chief Executive Officer
STiR Education
Sonia Ben Jaafar
Chief Executive Officer
Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education
Wendy Kopp
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Teach for All
Anurag Banerjee
CEO and Co-Founder
Quilt.AI
Jeremy Kirshbaum
CEO
Handshake: Resilient Transformation
Hambani Masheleni
African Union Commission
Head of the Division for Education Division in the Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
Christopher Fabian
Director GIGA
UNICEF
Dr. Hessa Khalfan Alghazal
Executive Director
Sharjah Child Friendly Office (SCFO)
Ibrahim Safadi
Founder and CEO of Luminus Education Group
Jenny Groot
Chief Operating Officer
Promoting Equality in African Schools (PEAS)
Aisha K Yousafzai
Associate Professor of Global Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Aman Merchant
Co-Founder and Chief Provocateur at Radicle
Amanda Devercelli
Global Lead for
Early Childhood Development,
Education World Bank
Amel Karboul
Chief Executive Officer
The Education Outcomes Fund
Andrew McCusker
Head of Education Finance
Opportunity International EduFinance
Anna Murru
Partnership Manager
VVOB
